Welfare

Who is at greatest risk from the spending review? Experts and charities tell Channel 4 News the changes to benefits will affect those most in need, leaving the vulnerable out in the cold.

The Chancellor George Osborne announces £81 billion of cuts in his spending review. Channel 4 News looks at how the pain is spread around the departments.

Read his lips. We took the text of the Chancellor’s Spending Review and turned it into a Snowcloud. Run your cursor over a word and click to see how often, and where, it occurs.

George Osborne said it was the day Britain stepped back from the brink. But union leaders tell Channel 4 News the spending review will lead to “wholesale unemployment”.

The Chancellor George Osborne has won the backing of 35 top business leaders as he prepares to announce where the axe will fall in his comprehensive spending review on Wednesday.

Ed Miliband makes a “good debut” in his first appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions as Labour Leader, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.

As hundreds of incapacity benefits are reassessed under the government’s plan to reform the welfare system, Channel 4 News hears from a claimant worried that changes may affect his health.

A clash is looming between the government and unions over plans to reform public sector pensions. Report author Lord Hutton tells Channel 4 News: “There is change coming”.

Channel 4 News blogs on David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative conference, the sale of Liverpool Football Club and a new Ted Hughes poem that gives insight into the death of Sylvia Plath.

Join the debate as Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference, where he is expected to defend child benefit changes.

As David Cameron prepares to tell the Conservative conference that spending measures will not be easy, an expert tells Channel 4 News why the prime minister’s speech must relate to ordinary people.

As calls grow for the Government to re-think plans to axe child benefit for higher-rate tax payers, Channel 4 News speaks to one mum who describes the idea as insulting.

Exclusive: care homes in many parts of the United Kingdom are facing a grim combination of funding cuts and declining standards, according to figures obtained by Channel 4 News.

As nursing homes in the UK are hit by budget cuts and declining standards, Pamela Wells tells Channel 4 News about the “horrendous” treatment her late husband was subjected to by care staff.

On #c4news tonight, exclusive video showing the death of an army officer in Afghanistan and we reveal figures showing that care homes’ budgets will cut by 11 per cent next year. Join the live blog.